The last thing Ace saw was Regan mouthing "I love you," as the drums stopped and the sword fell. However, before he could shut his eyes he watched as his executioner cut down Regan's. The marines surrounding them reacted too late, for as soon as they reached for their weapons the last remaining marine gunned them down. The marine grinned and blew the barrels of her two short pistols before she stuck them into their holsters and then sauntered over to the two pirates, "Well lucky for you two, we made it."

The executioner chuckled and threw back the black hood she had been wearing and tied her long red hair back, "It was really easy sneaking in, stupid marines. Even the dumb bimbo got in."

The blonde glared as she began to shed her marine disguise into her low cut tank top and shorts, "Shut it she-man. I took care of two, unlike you."

Regan couldn't help but laugh, "Rosaleen, Arianna, it's nice to see you two."

Ace looked at the two woman and nodded in agreement, "Just in the nick of time."

Rosaleen grinned when she saw the men storming the execution platform, "Well I think it's time to go!" She cut the binds freeing the couple as Arianna shot a special bullet towards Whitebeard. "Arianna, you lead the way!"

Arianna nodded and tied a rope her weapon had shot around the platform then quickly swung down the rope towards Whitebeard. "Watch out little boys." She said with a grin, as she kicked marines away from the rope.

Rosaleen grabbed Regan, picking her up, "Ace go, I'll take Regan."

Ace nodded and swung down and watched as Rosaleen and Regan swung down into safety. He quickly took her from Rosaleen and helped her over to her father. "Hey pops!"

Whitebeard laughed and quickly knocked the men away picking up his two children leaving Rosaleen and Arianna to cover for them. "Come on we need to get you out of here!"

Mina turned to see the two in safety and gave a sigh of relief when a marine appeared in a fancy uniform and struck her in the stomach sending her back into a pile of marines. "Shit…." She muttered as she looked up to see a tall man with an X on his jaw look down at her, "Rear Admiral Drake."

Drake looked down at the tall pirate woman and went to arrest her, "Sledgehammer Mina, you are now captured by the World Government."

Mina slammed her sledgehammer into his chest only for him to easily move it, "I'm not just going to give up!" She yelled as she attacked again and again.

Drake smirked at the woman's effort, "Give it up, you aren't strong enough." When she continued he pulled out a small teddy bear ad saw her pause in her attack. "Gotcha." He said as he landed a strong punch into her jaw sending her to the ground. He walked over and went to grab her when he felt someone's knee connect with his jaw and sent him flying back into his men. He got up and narrowed his eyes at the thin captain, "Mordel Chesha, an honor."

Chesha narrowed her eyes and picked up her fallen comrade, "Sorry Mina…" She said as she threw the girl towards Whitebeard, Rosaleen, and Arianna. "Now Drake it's me and you."

"Do you honestly think you can beat me and all these men yourself? You are retreating."

Chesha glared at him when she felt something strike her in the back. She reached back and yanked out a dart as she felt her strength decreasing, "What was…"

Capatin Jabor appeared and laughed, "Rear Admiral Drake! What a lovely surprise! Well I captured this one for you, let me get her out of your hair."

Drake looked down at the small Captain, "Why didn't you let me handle her? I always enjoy a challenge."

"I just thought you would be more interested in Whitebeard." Jabor said with a smirk as he shackled the pirate captain with seastone.

Drake narrowed his eyes then walked off towards Whitebeard. He saw Mina along with the other two female pirates and quickly lunged at them, sending them back to the ground. "Don't move, I want Whitebeard."

Regan saw her friends being defeated and quickly jumped to the ground, "We need to help them!"

Ace nodded and jumped down, "Yo, Pops! Go bring the ships around, we will get everyone!"

Whitebeard looked down at the two and nodded, "Alright but take too long and my men will take this over."

Regan nodded and then ran towards Drake, "Get away from them!" She said as she used her powers to send a rush of water at him.

Ace followed her attack slamming his body into Drake knocking him away from the three female pirates, "You guys okay?"

Mina nodded and then saw Ivy, Rose and Aymi coming towards them. "Ya we are fine, but Captain, they have Chesha!"

Regan turned and saw her captain in the clutches of Jabor. She felt her skin shiver in terror, "That bastard has her! Ace! Jabor has Chesha; we need to save her! He's a monster!"

Ace nodded and began making a path to the unconscious captain. He could feel his fire licking his skin as he approached the man who had hurt Regan and now held the tiny female captain in his arms. He would not let him hurt anyone, "Jabor!" He roared as Regan cleared him a path. He tackled the marine knocking the small woman from him. "Regan get Chesha, I'll handle Jabor."

Regan nodded and carefully picked her captain up, avoiding the seastone. "Be careful!"

Ace nodded and turned to Jabor, "I've been waiting for this since you've captured us." He thought back to the times Jabor had humiliated him and how he had touched and beaten Regan. This man did not deserve to live, but he also didn't deserve a fast death. "Prepare yourself, I will make sure you die a slow painful death."

Jabor felt his skin stand up as the battle began, and he quickly realized he was overpowered. "Damn it…" He muttered as he dodged another fire-covered punch, scorching his jacket. He looked around and saw Drake, "Drake! Get him!"

Ace lunged again and quickly spun away from Drake, "What's wrong? Can't face me yourself!?" he asked as he shot fire at the two ranked marines. Suddenly, water collided with the fire causing a dense fog around the battlefield, "Regan?"

"Sorry love, but we need to leave, Chesha needs medical attention, and we need to regroup." She put a hand to his shoulder when someone grabbed a fistful of her hair, "Ow!"

Ace turned and saw Jabor standing beside them, his hands tangling into Regan's hair. "You bastard!" He yelled as he punched the man in the face scorching the man's clothes and face. He ripped the mans hand away from her hair burning his handprint into the mans forearms. "You just want to die, don't you." He said as fire endulfed him.

Regan quickly gripped his hand, water creating a shield between the two's abilities, "Ace please…." She felt blood slip down her leg and realized she had been shot. "Ace…" She tipped forward and Ace quickly caught her.

"Regan?" He looked down and saw the blood and paled, "When did you…"His eyes shot fire at Jabor, but Regan came first. He quickly used the little fog remaining to escape out and return to the rest of the pirates. When he realized how much they had given. Chesha was unconscious, Mina was having problems breathing, and the rest of the crew looked a little beaten but able to fight. "Are you all okay?"

Rosaleen nodded and looked back to see Whitebeard's ship approaching, "There is our ticket out."

"How are we supposed to get there?"

Regan pushed her self down and then began manipulating the water, "You should be able to run on it now."

Ace grinned and picked her back up and the pirates ran. "This is a convienent escape route." He turned back to check on everyone else and saw they were safe from anyone firing at them, thanks to Rose and the large shield she was holding behind her. As soon as they got on board Whitebeard used his powers to shake up the marines and give them plenty of time to get away. Ace looked down at Regan and pulled her close to him, "We are safe."

Regan kissed him and nodded, "It seems we can be together a while longer."

Ivy rolled her eyes then pushed between the two, "Shut it, Regan needs to get treated now." She turned to Rosaleen who had broken off the seastone handcuffs to their captain and now just held the captain like a doll, "She needs to be treated as well, Mina you go to the medical bay, too."

Ace carried Regan and put her in the bed beside her captain as Mina sat at a chair, "Thank you guys for saving me."

Mina snorted and looked away, "Well don't rely on us again."

Rosaleen glared at her then turned back, "She's just sour that it was her fault Regan and you got captured."

Ivy shushed them and began to treat everyone. Regan kept glancing at her captain who was still in a deep sleep, "Ivy, what happened to Chesha?"

Ivy pursed her lips as she checked the IV in the captains arm, "She was shot with a tranquilizer dart, however, hers was designed to also strip her of her monstrous strength. It normally goes away after a few hours."

Regan nodded, "So there is another way for them to strip us of our abilities."

Ace frowned, nothing good could come of that type of weapon, "How long have the marines been using that? I've never seen it before."

Ivy looked at the Captain and sighed, "They usually don't, and it's not proven to work. Usually it knocks them out, sometimes it strengthens their abilities and other times it kills the person. Since the marines never know what is going to happen they aren't supposed to use it.

"She could die?!"

"I'm not going to die, idiots." Chesha moaned as she forced herself up, "Did we all make it?"

Rosaleen nodded strictly, "Yes, everyone is aboard safe and sound."

"Then let's go to our hide out and prepare our counter attack. These bastards are not getting away with this." Chesha said as she stood up. "Let's go."

Regan watched as everyone left the room except her and Ace. "So what are you going to do now?"

"I think I will stay with you, at least until we get our payback. I don't want to stop being a Whitebeard pirate yet."

Regan nodded and curled into him, "I'm not done being a pirate either, will you see me whenever you can?"

Ace kissed her forehead, "Of course, you will always have my heart."

"And you will always have mine."